Press Releases - Community Interest

Maumee Valley to Host Screening of Girl Rising The Global Leadership Program and the Upper School Feminist Club at Maumee Valley Country Day School presents a screening of Girl Rising. This feature film spotlights the remarkable stories of nine ...

Launch Pad Cooperative is pleased to present their 2nd Annual fundraiser exhibition “8x8” to be hosted as a one-night-only event, Saturday December 14th 2013 from 6-9pm. Visitors to this event will have the opportunity to purchase ...

Kick off the holiday season with Masterworks Chorale as the mixed voice ensemble presents “Mary and the Angels” at 8 p.m. Dec. 7 and 4 p.m. Dec. 8 at Epworth United Methodist Church in Toledo. The love of a mother for her child, the ...

Dec. 4—The College of Musical Arts sponsors World Percussion Night, featuring student ensembles including the Hayabusa and Kaze No Daichi Taiko groups, Balinese Gamelan and Afro-Caribbean Ensemble. The performance starts at 8 p.m. in Kobacker ...

Toledo Area Humane Society ReTail Shop Grand Opening This Weekend! Toledo, OH ????The Toledo Area Humane Society ReTail Shop is having its grand opening celebration on Saturday December 7, 2013 at 10:00AM. Celebrate our grand opening from ...

84th ANNUAL OLD NEWSBOYS GOODFELLOW ASSOCIATION PAPERSALE Scheduled for Friday, December 6, 2013 TOLEDO-Friday, December 6, more than 500 Old Newsboys Goodfellow Association volunteers will be in Toledo area Anderson’s, Westfield Franklin Park ...

Let the Navigator from Folk Tales for Fun take you on a magnificent tour of Germany, Egypt, Turkey, Liberia and more with entertaining, universal folk tales both new and familiar to children. With the help of Decipher, the play’s foreign ...

A Compassionate Toledo photo contest is being sponsored by the City of Toledo Board of Community Relations. The purpose of the Compassionate Toledo photo contest is to promote the City of Toledo as a Compassionate City. The mission is to showcase ...

Visitors to this year’s Lights Before Christmas, presented by KeyBank, have a new opportunity: a Festive Feast holiday buffet served in the Zoo’s historic Lodge, which has been lavishly transformed into a holiday lodge. Available on ...

The holiday Festival Series performance at Bowling Green State University on Dec. 6 will live up to its name, presenting a festival of music, poetry, dance, theater and more. The 7 p.m. concert in Kobacker Hall will feature soprano Kisma Jordan, a ...

When the temperature drops, don’t stay indoors, come out to Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge and experience the wonders of Ohio’s wildlife and their habitats this winter. Red fox tracks, muskrat huts- sometimes all you need to discover ...

Toledo Rep presents ‘A Christmas Carol’ Dec. 6-8 at the Valentine Theatre The Toledo Repertoire Theatre presents the classic, seasonal production, A Christmas Carol, live on stage December 6-8 at the Valentine Theatre, 400 N. Superior ...

To promote the spirit of the holiday season, a 25’ Christmas tree was erected in Levis Square in Downtown Toledo. This beautiful Blue Spruce was donated by Duke & Martha Wheeler, owners of the Whitehouse Christmas Tree Farm. Aaron Tree ...

The Toledo Walleye revealed the two jerseys the team will wear at the first-ever ECHL outdoor hockey games that will be played during Toledo Walleye Winterfest presented by ProMedica in December 2014. The jerseys were unveiled on the ice at the ...

A young grey seal, estimated to be two years old, is now on exhibit at the Toledo Zoo’s Arctic Encounter®. The juvenile male arrived at the Zoo through the National Marine Fisheries Service after being caught wild off the East Coast and ...

The Arts Commission has joined #GivingTuesday, a first of its kind effort that harnesses the collective power of a unique blend of partners — charities, families, businesses, and individuals — to transform how people think about, talk ...

Hollywood Casino Toledo’s “Hollywood Cares” committee has been collecting donations of peanut butter and jelly from its Team Members over the past 2 weeks to benefit the local organization, Food for Thought. In total, Hollywood ...

The Toledo Rep is holding a fundraiser: “Scrooge’s Favorite Things” Online Raffle. Tickets may be purchased for $25 at 16 10th Street during regular business hours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Only 120 tickets will be sold from now ...

The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library invites you to enjoy the sounds of the season at our FREE family-friendly Holiday Concert series scheduled on Monday, December 16 through Friday, December 20 in the Wintergarden of Main Library, 325 Michigan ...

Remember. Honor. Teach. That’s the mission of the Wreaths Across America program, and it’s why Sylvania Boy Scout Troop 2 is one of several groups participating in the organization’s annual event Saturday, Dec. 14, at Toledo ...

WHAT: Owens students, staff and faculty will take the stage in an adaptation of Bonnie Jo Campbell’s American Salvage. For the first time, two of the book’s short stories “King Cole’s American Salvage” and “The ...

Owens Community College has earned the coveted Military Friendly Schools® designation for the fourth consecutive year from Victory Media, the premier media entity for military personnel transitioning to civilian life. The 2014 Military Friendly ...

Instead of clawing your way through crowds at the mall on Black Friday, why not spend some time with a black-and-white colobus monkey or an Argentine black-and-white tegu? The Zoo is open throughout Thanksgiving Weekend, starting with Black Friday ...

Thrivent Presentation on Your Social Security Zion Lutheran Church 8307 Memorial Hwy. Ottawa Lake Michigan is hosting a presentation by (Thrivent Financial for Lutherans) on December 10, 2013. Cliff & Ken Hunter will give a presentation about ...

CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL & BAKE SALE Zion Lutheran Church 8307 Memorial Hwy. Ottawa Lake, Michigan 49267 is having their annual Christmas Festival & Bake Sale December 7, 2013 9:00 am – 3:00 pm (PLEASE JOIN US) Cookies –are $5.00 per ...

Works by the Blenko Glass Company from the mid-20th century are receiving increased attention as knowledge of its integral role in the history of American Glass expands. Now, with the acquisition of 16 modern Blenko vessels, the Toledo Museum of Art ...

The Toledo Zoo is working with inmates at the Marion Correctional Institute (MCI) and conservation organizations throughout Ohio to help restore populations of the eastern hellbender, a state-endangered species of salamander. The Zoo has transferred ...

Toledo School for the Arts (TSA) is proud to announce their 2013-2014 Artist In Residency Program; a four-week multidisciplinary residency focused on Japanese arts including Taiko drumming and visual arts including calligraphy and the use of space ...

The Diocese of Toledo is accepting donations for the victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Phillipines. Over 10,000 people have been killed and thousands have been left without homes, clean water, food, electricity and other necessities. Those ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary release of “Prairie Margins,” Bowling Green State University’s undergraduate literary journal. Well known for contributions by notable authors, the journal will launch the new edition with an ...